Customer Reviews

Jumpstart Escape Adventure island

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I homeschool and am always looking for educational software. But Jumpstart missed an opportunity here.
An overview of activities.
Jumpee Quick Change-- creates a mii--NOT EDUCATIONAL
The Tree House-- decorates a house like a Webkins--NOT EDUCATIONAL
Jet Pack--reading skills
Egg Push--mindless pushing an object within a time limit--NOT EDUCATIONAL
Rubble Trouble--math skills but only one problem at a time and the score card on screen blocks the view of available answers, making it more difficult to analyze the 4 sets of answers.
Goon Lagoon--just hunting out objects and jumping and smashing things. NOT EDUCATIONAL
Foot Frenzy--"dancing" to music but consists of slight movements of wii remote left, right, up, down. Not interactive like the Step Exercise part of Wii Fit. --NOT EDUCATIONAL
The Slide--moves to underwater adventure
Manta Ray--math skills--beginning level of patterns is at 2nd grade level maybe. Not for early learners. Still trying out others.
Peal Push--same as Egg Push--NOT EDUCATIONAL
Bubble Trouble--reading skills
Secret Caverns--same as Goon Lagoon--NOT EDUCATIONAL
Fashion Show--dress up your mii and walk the run way. FOR GIRLS ONLY (unless you have boy who plays with Barbie)--NOT EDUCATIONAL
The Sub-takes you back up to the island.

They really missed the educational boat on this. Mindless games outnumber educational opportunities. Even good kids interested in learning will find it hard to not to get distracted by the mindless activities. Mindless games should be awarded on achieving certain levels of educational time. Kids should not have to hunt for the educational opportunities. ( Wish Leapster would develope Wii games. They do educational games right.)

The control functions on this game are awkward. Moves quickly and jerkily. For some people causes a motion sickness feel. Things tend to spin almost. We haven't found a function to slow down the motion when playing for example the The Manta Ray math game. Other than getting additional items for your mii, see no reason to actually collect the seashells. Does not seem to unlock additional play or anything. Too bad mindless activities don't have to be "unlocked".

I guess it's better than nothing.
We also have Big Brain Academy for Wii. It needs a mii and it's kind of insulting but only educational. A blend of the two, with mindless activities being "rewarded" would be an improvement.

It does work so I will give it 2 stars. We have educational software for our computers that do not work or only halfway work that include Adventure Workshop 1st-3rd Grade and some JumpStart programs. Not working would earn 1 star.

So have to give it a low score because as a video game it would be awful and as educational game it's lacking.

My kids that would play this game are My daughter who is 5 and my son who is 7. They both are very very good at the wii and we have an xbox. They love the JumpStart game for the computer and played it till they "won" the game. The controller for this game is so hard to use. My daughter tried to play for 10 minutes until she gave up. So I tried it, it was very hard to go where you need to go. You hold the remote sideways just like many of the games have you do but something just doesn't connect. At one point my daughter was running into a dark wall in outerspace on this game and couldn't get turned around and didn't know it was even a wall. After watching us try to figure it out my son was not even interested in trying. I think he thought the game it self looked way to easy, find the oval...

I bought this for our 8 year old. We have been fans of the computer JumpStart games for years with our 3 older children. He loves playing, and I love that he is learning at the same time. You can set the levels and advance as the child learns new things, so the game should last for several years. He hasn't figured out everything yet, but that is part of the challenge. It could be frustrating for younger children. The instructions do tell how to play each game. I would recommend it for those that like their kids to have fun while learning. It is not all learning, but a balance, and you can guide them to the activities they need to work on improving. You can set it on practice if you want more learning than fun. I look forward to more games for Wii from JumpStart.

The idea is okay, but the whole game is just low quality, slow and hard to control for kids - even for mine (4 and 5) who have pretty good coordination. (They do great with Wii Fit Plus games) I would NOT recommend this game for others.

this is a game only no learning, only playing. We have like some of the jump start in the past, computer learning games. We got sucked in thinking this was a learning game for the kids, it's a game only..

We have subscribed to Jumpstart online for years and thought we'd try this. We returned it within a week. My Jumpstart savvy 5 year old had lots of trouble controlling the actions with Wii controller and there is virtually no educational value. Stick to online if you must.

Jump start is known for its learning games, and there is not much learning in this game. Would not buy it again, and would not recommend it.

both my children love this game, the 5 yr old has a little bit of trouble since she is still learning the Wii paddles but she is getting better and love game.

This game is perfect for both 5 and 7 year old grand children boys! they use jumpstart on the computer--internet--and this is the perfect wii game for them!

JumpStart is a company my kids have been familiar with for quite some time. So when the Wii version came out, I had no hesitation in making that purchase. I have a five year old who found no trouble in working the controls for the Wii. My kids both love this game and will play it before a lot of their other favorites.

I thought it was well worth the price. They thought they were just playing a game and found later it was all about learning. Yet, they still played!

That being said, I do wish there was more variety in games...like JumpStart World online. Oh well, it still has its benefits! There are quite a few games and they are fun. It won't be long that they will add other titles, so please don't avoid buying just because of some bad reviews.